Libertarian leaves governor's race

A Libertarian candidate for governor has ended his campaign, leaving the race almost as soon as he got in.

Jason Carrier, who earlier this month was recruiting volunteers to collect signatures to get him on the ballot, gave it the old nevermind a day after launching his official campaign Facebook page.

"I did not want to waste good people's time and resources as I had second thoughts about running," he posted to the page. "I am grateful for the outpouring of support that came in after my campaign team launched this page yesterday."

Carrier was the first Libertarian to announce in this race but wasn't expected to be the last. State party chair Bo Brown said earlier this month others would likely step up, and that the party would hold a convention later this year to nominate a candidate.